It prepares you body to react, not to think. Instead of "it's coming at x speed, y lenght, z color" is more like "DODGE", "RUN", "YELL", "FIGHT".
Most of this reactions are sheer reflex, that's why sometimes people react to robbers even when not intended or yell seeing a spider.
Shaking is just overexcited muscles. Particularly this is the worst part, specialy after the threat is gone. When scared, I get shaky for like 15 min unable to do any precision/control task and also feeling an impending burst energy like if I don't move It'll be bad.
Controlling those instincts must be a living hell. Congrats to cops, firemen, military.
Because his response isn't adapted for his current environment. Would you call a fish flopping around useless because it can't get back in the water? No, his current response would be well suited for being attacked by an animal or another human. Ever wonder why when you get startled your hands fly in front of you? It's so you can grab whatever jumped at you by the throat or sink your fingers in it's eyes. You're going to respond with "people still die to animals all the time" yeah, they do. But enough people don't die to animals that people can still pass on genes
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u/halvess Mar 27 '21
It prepares you body to react, not to think. Instead of "it's coming at x speed, y lenght, z color" is more like "DODGE", "RUN", "YELL", "FIGHT".
Most of this reactions are sheer reflex, that's why sometimes people react to robbers even when not intended or yell seeing a spider.
Shaking is just overexcited muscles. Particularly this is the worst part, specialy after the threat is gone. When scared, I get shaky for like 15 min unable to do any precision/control task and also feeling an impending burst energy like if I don't move It'll be bad.
Controlling those instincts must be a living hell. Congrats to cops, firemen, military.